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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Hump Day Hook (with giveaway!)

This hump day's hook comes from Departure, available for free at Smashwords. Don't forget to check out the hooks from the other authors listed on the main page!

“Don't
get involved with a man who has kids! At your age, you need someone who will
focus on you!” a coworker had once told her, only
half-joking. As John was several years younger than her, Clio hadn't thought
this piece of advice would be necessary. She was surprised, however, the first
time he introduced her to “his girls”, as he called them. He had created both
of them himself in his spare time and exhibited the same fatherly love and
pride she’d seen in her friends who were parents. Their little family was a
departure from the norm, yet Clio was able to accept the situation. Said acceptance
didn’t prevent her from wondering when she would be able to start a family of
her own.

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Great hook! I like the tension between the acceptance of "his girls" and the discontent of not having a family of her own, which I took to mean a "real" family of her own. Since I haven't read the story, I was thinking that the "girls" were something like genetically altered beings, or clones, or something, but I gather from other comments that they are robots or androids. That's awesome! I like robots but it's definitely not the same as having human children...mainly because robots (presumably) have an off switch. ;)

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Thea Landen lives in New York with her husband
and two children. Though she reads and writes in nearly all genres, she has a special
fondness for science fiction and fantasy and anything that pushes the
imagination beyond its usual limits. When she’s not writing, or thinking about
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